Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蛇矛.

Noun edit

(classifier ngọn, cây) mâu

  1. (archaic, historical romance) snake lance, a kind of long lance
    • 14th century, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1; 1909 Vietnamese translation by Phan Kế Bính
      Trương Phi đánh một ngọn xà mâu dài một trượng tám thước.
      For Zhang Fei, a one-zhang-eight-chi-long snake lance was forged.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mâu

  1. (bệnh ~) (pathology) mange